Type-distributing machine.



No. 676,908. 4Patented lune 25,'I9IDI. l E. F. NYDAHL @L a. A. HARLING.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

(Application tiled May 29, 1900.) (No Model.)

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TYP-ols'rmeurlne MACHINE.,

SEEGXFXCACMQN forming part of LettersI Patent No. 676,908, dated June25, 1901.

Application filed May 29, 1900. Serial No. 18,441. (No modeh) To LZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ERNST EREDRIK NY- DAHL and GUsTAr ALEXANDERHARLING, engineers, of ll Norrlandsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-DistributingMachines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Ioskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the apparatus for distributingtype described in the prior United States of America patent, dated July3, 1900, numbered 652,899. In order that a machine constructed inaccordance 2o with said prior United States of America patent may act ina satisfactory manner, it is important that the operation of the partsof the apparatus which conduct the type should be certain, while at thesame time it is of equal importance that only one type at a time be fedinto the machine. The difiiculties attending such operations arisepartly from the different thickness of lthe types, which vary betweenone-half and four millimeters, and

3o partly from the adhesive power prevailing among the types, owing towhich a type when being pushed out of the line is disposed to bring withit one 0r more of the adjacent types,

Our invention has for its object to obviate these disadvantages.

In order that our invention may be readily understood and carried intoeffect, we will describe the same fully with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 illustrate in plan viewand in side elevation, respectively, the arrangement where the typeseries a stands stillV -while the support e is moving to and fro.

Figs. 3 and 4 show in side elevation and in plan view an arrangementwhere the support e is standing still while the type series a is moved.

According to Figs. land 2 the support e 5o moves in a guide c', which isconnected with the end support c. Two guide-screws ff are secured tothesupport c and run in a longitudinal groove in the guide c', thus forminga guide for the reciprocated supports c. The movementis transmitted tothe same by means of the one-armed lever g,which is pivoted at 7L, whilethe opposite end of it enters in a fork fi, projecting downward from thesupport c through the bottom of the guide c. When the cam 7a is movingin the direction of the arrow and actuates the lever g, the support e iscarried to left from the end support c, so that the outermost typebecomes free for be ing pushed out by the ejector d. The return motionof the support c is effected by the helical spring g@ When the support ehas in the described manner been pulled out by the lever g and theoutermost type becomes free, the ejector is pushed outward by means ofthe spring f, thereby taking with it thereleased outermost type. Theejector d is gou ing back when the cam-disk during its con; tinuedrotation is actuating the lever Z, the one arm of which engages thepiston, as shown in the drawings.

According to the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the support e is,as already mentioned, stationary and the type-line a is caused to move.In this form the end support c is given a reciprocating motion by thecam p and lever fm, which is pivoted at fn, and has one end engaging ina fork o on the sup port c. The motion outward for releasing the typebegins when the cam-disk p actuates the lever m. The backward motion ofthe support c is effected by means of the spiral spring q. The support cis guided by the projection r on the same, in which the longitudinalgroove sis made. Through this groove pass guide-screws t, which maybesecured to the frame of the machine. When the support c is movedoutwardly, as described, the outermost type becomes free and the ejectord is pushed outward, taking with it the type.

the ejector is effected by means of the lever u, which in its turn isactuated by the cam p. Having now particularly described and ascertainedthe nature of our said invention and in what manner the sameis to beperformed, we declare that what we claim is-'= l. In a type-distributingmachine, a rigid The backward motion of ICO and a movable supportingmember for the type and an expelling-plunger moving at right angles tothe line of movement of said supporting member and serving to expel theoutermost type When released by the supporting member, and means foralternately operating said movable member and plunger, substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination, a horizontal type-sup porting member, a type-linesupported thereon With means tending to move it constantly toward theend of the supporting member, an end supporting member, means for reciprocating one of said members in relation to the other member to permitthe outermost type to be freed and an expelling-plunger moving at rightangles to the type-1ine with means for operating the same, substantiallyas described.

3. In combination, a horizontal type-supporting member, a spring-pressedtype-line supported thereon, an end supporting member, one of saidmembers being movable in ERNST FREDRIK NYDAHL. GUSTAF ALEXANDER HARLING.

\Vitnesses:

TH. WAWRINSKY, M. GENBERG.

